عون يشترط "ضمانات" في قانون الانتخاب قبل تحديد موقفه من "التسوية الرئاسية"

General Aoun is the only shia christian world leader who cares about christian rights and that is why he accepts franjieh as president..... the rest pffft.

I have no problem with Franjieh being president; he represents at least 70% of Christians in the tiny village of Zoghrta.

I feel we are properly and fairly represented if Franjieh is elected president

Finally, we are getting a great representative Christian president in the person of Frankieh; his history, contacts, personal relationships, and education speak for themselves.

All our hard work finally paid off: paralyzing the government, demanding the president be elected by the people, denouncing the parliament as illegal, and vetoing every appointment did not go in vain. We now have a model Christian president who is well respected within his community as sayyed Hassan always said. Bless Sayyed Hassan and General Aoun for their love of the Christians not only in Lebanon but in the whole of the Levant.

"due to the lawmaker's close ties to the Syrian regime" lol he grew up in Syria. Another Franjieh president is another puppet president, he will take orders from his masters in Damascus and Dahye.

Franjieh Franjieh Haydeh Hiyyel 2adiyyeh

We Christians have only ourselves to blame...... Lahoud's days will pale in comparison to what is coming under franjieh's presidency ( if the rumors are true )

Must be tough for Aoun the reformist to always be one step short of the presidency ;)

Isn't democracy grand? He's seeking guarantees on the electoral law. The sort of guarantees that will ensure his party gets enough seats in parliament no matter what the Lebanese voter thinks. Another fine example of our democracy is how m8 and m14 are dividing up the cake "Lebanon" between themselves as if we don't exist. Let the ballot boxes decide maybe? Also in my humble opinion we need the election of a new parliament before the presidency and the new mp's elect a president and new government for all of Lebanon not one that serves their personal interests. Hey guys maybe maybe we can elect people that can actually manage the garbage and 24 hour electricity this time round.

Does Franjieh now represent the Christians? What happened to the FPM demands or do Christian rights fly out of the window if Aoun's palm gets greased with privileges for him and his family?

Aoun will never run out of excuses in order to extend this vacuum until "only me" is chosen.
I am against nomination of any puppet but with the ELECTION of a president even thru this rotten parliament (quickest solution).

This is called CYA in the States, face saving in Lebanon. The guy has been played again by those who he thought would deliver Baabda to him. In 1988, it was the Syrians who were supposed to perform the mission. Gemayel did not want Aoun as the interim-PM, he was Syria's choice and Aoun overreached. When Syria balked, Aoun declared the "War of Liberation" on Syria that destroyed the Christian unity and delivered Lebanon to Syria for the next 15 years.

Then while in "exile" in Paris, Aoun looked for a new sponsor. He wanted the French who would not deliver. Then he went begging to the Americans. On several trips to the State Department, I asked about Aoun and the answer was always the same -- NEVER. Reason, he threaten to rocket the American Embassy and such a thing had never happened between the Lebanese Government and the American. So the US would never have him.

Then he cut a deal with Bashar Assad to return to Lebanon in exchange for giving political cover to Hezbollah because Hezbollah would deliver Baabda to him. And again Hezbollah used Aoun to paralyze the Lebanese Government while Hezbollah pursued its agenda in Lebanon and the region. As consolation, Hezbollah allowed Aoun and his family in on the Hezbollah criminal enterprises so that Bassil Gibran ended up with a $24 million dollar villa in Batroun. Not bad for an out of work mediocre engineer.

So now Hezbollah agrees to Frangieh along with KSA, Iran and the US. And Aoun wants this figleaf. A meaningless "guarantee" on an election law. That law changes every 4 years. He has alienated everyone whom he has ever dealt with and in the process he has totally screwed Lebanon to the point that an illiterate Assad groupie looks good as a Lebanese President. Lebanon's best days, however, lie ahead. Starting with the day that Aoun leaves this world and enters the next.